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Breach notice filed by Minneapolis VA Health Care System (July 2014)

Organization named: Minneapolis VA Health Care System Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 17, 2014.

Organization as reported
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, MN
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
July 17, 2014
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15039, row:6178)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE) sent a batch of 500 generic letters to its members informing them of a new community based outpatient clinic opening that erroneously caused another member’s full name and address to appear on the back side of the document. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and it also posted a notice on its website. To prevent a similar breach from happening in the future, the CE implemented a quality assurance check for batch mail. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 500 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 17, 2014, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15039)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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